Container for spools



Dec. 26, 1933. c. LANGE 1,941,034

CONTAINER FOR SPOOLS Filed Oct. 9, 1951 Z'mventor Patented Dec. 26, 1933UNITED STATES" 1,941,0a4 CONTAINER FOR SPOOLS Charles La'nge, Passaic,N. J., assignor to Continental Can- Oompany,Inc., New York, N. Y.,

a corporation of New York Application October 9, 1931. Serial No.567,945

1 Claim.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in containers forspools, and more particularly aspool for adhesive tape rolls and thelike.

An object of the'invention is to provide a container for spools whereinthe spool is held housed in the container through the frictional grip ofthe core member of the spool with a raised portion on the bottom endWall of the container.

A further object of the invention is to provide a container of the abovecharacter wherein the raised portion is formed with ribs whichfrictionally grip the inner face of the core member for holding saidcore member in place.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a sectional view through a container with thespool in place therein;

Fig. 2 is a sectional View on the line 2 --2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is anenlarged sectional view through the bottom portion of the container withthe spool core about to be seated on the raised portion of the bottomend Wall, and

Fig. 4 is a similar View showing the core member frictionally grippingthe raised portion of the bottom end wall.

The invention is directed to a container for spools adapted to carry andhouse an adhesive tape roll or the like. The support for the adhesivetape roll includes a core member, to one end of which is secured aflange or cover portion for the container. The other end of the coremember is curled into a bead. The container is in the form of acylindrical casing having one end open and the other closed by a. bottomend member, which is seamed to the casing. The open end of the casing isrolled outwardly into a hollowbead. The bottom end member has a raisedportion adapted to extend into the spool core member. Said raised memberis substantially cylindrical, and in the walls thereof are formedoutwardly projecting longitudinally extending ribs which frictionallyengage and grip the inner surface of the core member of the spool. Theflange on the core member is extended so as to overlie the bead at theouter open end of the casing.

Referring more vin detail to the drawing, the spool on which theadhesive tape roll is mounted includes a core member 1. This core memberis substantially cylindrical, and is rolled outward so as to be providedwith a strengthening bead 2 at one end'thereof. The other end of thecore member has a flange 3 secured thereto by seaming, as indicated at4. This core member is adapted to receive the adhesive tape roll. The

spool is housed within a container which includes a cylindrical bodyportion or casing 5 open at its upper end where the body portion isrolled outwardly into a hollow bead 6. The lower end of the housing orcasing 5 is closed by a bottom end member 7 which is seamed thereto asindicated at 8. Said bottom end member is provided with a raised portion9 having a cylindrical section 10 formed with longitudinally extendinginwardly projecting ribs 11. This raised portion and the ribs are soproportioned that the core 6 of the spool when slipped over the samewill be frictionally gripped and held in place. The flange 3 of thespool is extended laterally and rolled upwardly and inwardly into a bead12. This flange overlies and bears against the outer beaded end of thecasing. The adhesive tape is placed on the core member, and then thespool with the adhesive tape thereon is inserted in the container. Thecore member of the spool fricti-onally grips the raised part of thebottom member and thus the spool will be held in place with the flangebearing against the outer beaded end of the casing. When it is desiredto use a portion of the adhesive tape, the flange is gripped and thespool is removed from its frictional seat on the container. Inasmuch asthe flange 3 of the spool projects slightly beyond the wall of thecontainer, it can be readily gripped and pulled on in a direction tounseat the core member from its connectionto the container from itsfrictional grip on the body member of the container. The spool can bere-inserted and secured in the container by re-uniting the core memberwith the raised portion on the bottom end member of 0 the container. Bythe construction disclosed, a very simple container for spools isprovided wherein the spool is held centered in the container so as toprevent the adhesive tape from contacting withftherwall of thecontainer. The spool is also frictionally held in place so that it willnot drop out of the container until it is pulled on, and considerableforce utilized for separating the spool from the container. When thespool is in place, the container is substan- I tially closed through thecontact of the flange of the spool with the end wall of the containerbody.

It is obvious that minor changes in the details of construction may bemade without departing from the spirit of the invention as set forth inthe appended claim.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of a spool having a hollow 11.0

bottom end member seamed to the body portion for closing the other endthereof, said bot,-

tom end member having an integral raised portion provided withlongitudinally extending ribs adapted to seat within said hollow coremember and frictionally grip the inner surface thereof for retaining thecore member within said container, said flange and core member beingdimensioned so that said flange contacts with the head at the open endof the container and' projects beyond the same so as to facilitate theinsertion and removal of the core member in said container.

CHARLES LANGE.

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